Welcome to a new part of my life. Many of you know about my love for arts as a writer/journalist, photographer and musician—and my heart for encouraging others’ creativity. God has now called me into another area of ministry where I’ll keep doing what I’m doing, but with more intentionality.
Just over a year ago, I was interviewing Artists in Christian Testimony (A.C.T.) International executive director Byron Spradlin for a ChristianWeek Ontario article. A challenge from Byron led to the formation of Selaw (pronounced ‘say-LAV’) Ministries.
Tonight’s guest, at one point, held the GMA Canada’s record as the artist with the most nominations in one year. Ali Matthews’ (http://www.alimatthews.com) 11 nominations in 2006 has now been beaten by downhere but she’s still come away with 14 GMA Covenant Awards and 36 nominations in her music career. We chatted with the singer-songwriter, while she was on the road during an Eastern Ontario tour.
In his website biography, tonight’s guest says he’s “devoted to creating artwork that glorifies Christ.” And while one of his latest sculptures does just that, it’s been rejected by two prominent churches. The controversy around Timothy Schmalz’s (http://www.sculpturebytps.com) "Jesus the Homeless” hit the media and he talks with us about his art.
Tune in to Arts Connection each Thursday at 10 p.m. on Faith FM 94.3 or check out the webcast at www.faithfm.org.
The most-awarded male in Canadian country music, Paul Brandt (http://www.paulbrandt.com/) is also a very busy person: he’s on tour this spring promoting his first CD of solely Gospel music, he’s been spending time in Nashville working on a documentary on the history of Gospel music and even had a chance to perform on the stage of the Grand Ole Oprey.
Tune in to Arts Connection each Thursday at 10 p.m. on Faith FM 94.3 or check out the webcast at www.faithfm.org.
For the past 20 years, Motus O Dance Theatre (http://www.motuso.com/) has worked to make dance a relevant and significant art form to all sections of society. Co-founder Cynthia Croker talks about the dance company, how it came to be and where it’s going
Tune in to Arts Connection each Thursday at 10 p.m. on Faith FM 94.3 or check out the webcast at www.faithfm.org.
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The last time we heard from tonight’s guest, he was crossing the country promoting his documentary Hellbound? (http://www.hellboundthemovie.com/) Now Abbotsford B.C. filmmaker Kevin Miller plans to explore the link between violence and religion in his next project: a four-part documentary called Violence & the Sacred. Kevin’s on the phone with us tonight from his home office in Abbotsford to talk about his latest projects.
